Belt



Mar. 6, 1923. I v

' F.'H.'GEORGE BELT 4 I Original Filed Jam. :51, 1916 z shets-sheet 1 INVENTOR: fkEoER/c/r H. GEORGE.

ATTORNEYS,

Mar, 6, 1923. 1,447,243

F! H. GEORGE BELT Origina F l d Jan. 51, l9l6 2 sheets-sheet 2 IN me -0R: fksosmclr H. GEORGE,

any "desired snbstanee hawingibb'dy and fii transvetsely sfi as"t0 provide metaihbacltdfi. 'be'lt's ot any desired width whichf a'refiyet" belts may. be a'dirantageously employed.

Patented Mar. 6 1923 Iii d fam 6F win er a k cdntimatim of'a ncifiaaseria -216 17532 9, fil'eii lfannary iii, 1916. r

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it known'that I, Fiiiieneioir l lz a citizen: of the 'Unitedi- States; residing? at Ta' all who-m itma z faonem i sue'h belt will? run snroothly regillzti'ly 'e': entirely ba'elcing;

and'z'the use of a belt tighter'rer' b dispensed" with: The metalliois ment shall comprisefi'exibly intercbfinected platesof metal and theifiiction element shall comprisesmall" facing 'blo'cks Jofl eatherg-xas connection withhot nietal Oi" Wh erebits f of H I pqsefd surface of thesbelt; as in connection" 10 any desired WldtlTlil Whlchilll'releIISlOIIQlE; with hot 'saws andsimilar mahirfs. "The cured to them; whether; of leathen 'or LOtlleI": 1 material; :ancl said frictibnrbloksin -turn e f bestos,rubberffvbfi, wood;e'oinpTosition zor ,ifectiyelyi imite series" of the metal plates? tion capacity and which is-siiflicientlyclieap and" available forth' purpose. One form of friction e'lem'ent-whichlffind Very efii' cient for thepurpOseisdeathehimid s i'meg the'frietion blocks OfJthenbeltWTill seyerally available for the manufacture of all leather It is well ltnowii' tlia t' the drivingefiicieifyof a belt is directly preportib'flal to' -tlie. weight of the" belt, 5 the heavier the belt; for a given *width: the "less theslippage; and? the: more eflicient the transmission 033 power? In all leathei belts" the weight ot the belt lfb'r any given width. must: necessarily depend upon the thickness ofithe bel'tgi "and thlisiwe have I belts single thickness, -two=ply,- ithr e-r ply; etc! It 'fnrther is-irrfpractiealteamake leather belts ofniore' than a given"; thiclmessi because" compression of one" side?and-tension on theotherg as thebelts goarouridsthe pula. leys, tend teb'reak' the belts: It "is' further" true that, with therapi'dlyincrasingtcnst ef leather; it is inipratiable' teincrease' the weight of i leather beltsfbecanseiof the highcost thus invelved; 'Mjamu'tactnrejrs-" have" thus'res'orted t0 the-u'seof lighter belts thaii the character of work any requires; and-i have sought to oil'set'the' lalr'of weightigof" the belt by the ii'se'ef-belt tighteners. This involves additional ele nents*to'- be installed and lreptin repair and alsii' has' -an' in-jurious eifect'upon the belt:

In the'belt ofm-y invention, ampl'sweight is provided by the use of metallic backing plates, while inaterial'lywlepreasing thevc'ost of the belt and increa'singith'e tensile strength thereof without sacrificing flexibility, sdth'a-t cured tdieah (ifs-aid pl atesextelfding across the space between the abutting ends the?" by; the" frition" strip? Un'cle'r" ths e' c'ohdi of limited? size. In practice; i airy: desirable ways betrahsyerselyf' fi'exibleelong theicen teiv' .lin for all a cr dwnz. it v anywhere froth fiYe eighthsOfaiiinCh wane I F '90 pulleys which are proyided with The'faeing bl'ocksor stribs areipreierably I of arrlatively- 'narrew' width,- which may=- be" and 'three eighthsinehesrior" more; 5 and th se strips n 'ay'be o'f an veoiivenientlength. The

bac'king'plates wil-l have aisuiface area simi 12m in "extent .t'0""that" 0'f the I bae'king 'strips;

the plates-being? formed with hinging "per time d'ove tai-ling'ft" orint'erloclzing by which: the successive" plates are hih'gedly "seeii're'd together. Ofrfa'ccount ofthe narrow width of thefaeing rstripsg' theywrnay, if desire'tl'g-be used with fla t" surfaces Whichwould" beeelne slightlyfcbh'eaiie"front-use; Preferably; lfow 1 ever, the" engagingizsurface' o f-"the fribtieh 1;

blOck'sbr strips'will be coiieavediiniabbut'the' Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view ofa belt embodying the improvements of my invention as the same appears when in operation: Fig. 2 isan enlarged plan view of a belt such as shown in Fig. 1 viewed from outside'of thebelt, that is, so as to show the metal backing. Fig. 3 is an edge view of a portion of thebelt shown in Fig. 2 as the same passes upon and along the surface of a pulley. Fig. 4: is a transverse section on line 4-4; of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a sheet metal blank from.which one of the backing plates ismade. Figs. 6 and? are plan and edge views, respectively, of a single backing plate and a facing block secured thereto with one form of fastener stamped from the body of the metal plate. Figs. 8

and 9 are similar views showing another form of fastener. Fig. 10 is an edge view of a belt 860131011 showing the concavmg'of the friction surface by bending both the plate and the block. Fig. 11 is an edge view of a belt section showing concaving of the facing block alone. Figs. 12, 13 and 1 1 are segregated views showinganother manner of concaving the friction surfaces. Fig. 15 is'an.

edge view of a modified form of backing plate. 1

The belt illustrated in Fig. 1 is a six inch driving belt running over crowned pulleys. As shown, this comprises backing plates 15' and friction strips or blocks 16. x The backing plates run in two series separated by a longitudinal central space 17, and the friction strips are either integral across the entire inside face of the belt, as indicated at 18, orare formed of a number of small that of the facing; strips employed'and of a length equal to'the width of the belt where a single strip extends clear across the belt. For belts of other'widths, especially where the belt is to be transversely flexible so that it will be accommodated to a crowned pulley,

the plates may be of various lengths, and each plate is preferably one-sixty-fourth of an, inch less. in length for each inch of the width of the belt. That is, where plates are employed to make a six inch belt, as shown in Fig. 1, such plates will preferably be two and sixty-one-sixty-fourths of an inch in length. This would theoretically make the space 17 "for preventing frictional engagement of the ends of the plates three-thirtyseconds of an inch wide, but in practice it is found convenient to make this space onesixteenth of an inch in width, and have the belt run one-thirty-second of an inch narrow. The plates are stamped out with tongues 21 and 22on opposite sides thereof between intervening slots or notches 23-and 24. The tongues 21 and 22 are then formed into loops 25 and '26, leaving intervening notches 27 and 28-- The loops 25 of one plate will enter notches 28 of an'adjacent plate and the loops 26 will enter the notches27 of the adjacent plate, the whole forming a dove-tailed arrangement, as shown in Fig. 2.

The plates are first secured to the facing strip or strips, andthis is accomplished by means of fasteners 29 or 30 which are stamped out of the body 20 of the plate and which have the shape indicated by the stamped-out portion of material at 31 in Figs. 5 and 6, or at:32 in Fig. 8. 'It is ob vious that with proper die forms the plates may be placed in position to receive thefacing strips, which can be forced upon the fasteners 29 and 30, causing said fasteners to enter the body of the facingstrips. Fasteners .29 will not reach the outer surface of the strips 16 and will hold said strips in position'by reason of the barbs 33 of said fasteners. The fasteners 30 pass I clear through thefacing strip 16 and are clinched back intothe body of the strip as indicated at 3 1 in Fig. 9. Where two "or more backing plates are required to make a single section across the width of the belts, as indicated in Figs. 1

and 2, the facing strips are applied to the plates as they are held inposition by the form and secure the plurality of backing plates together to form a single alining section. The interlocking loop members 25 and 26 will have their apertures 35 in aline ment, and by-the use of a pintle'36 of a'size to fit said apertures 35 the several sections may be flexibly secured together. The pintles 36 may be of any desired material but I have found in' practice that a pintle formed of rawhide twisted and formed into the shape of a rod and specially treated and formed' of a central strip 4:2'wliich bridges;v the gap l7-'between 'theyends of the backing I plates 1-5 and tiessaid backing plateau)- gether to form a completed section, shorter tion 'block or plate?" It is obvious that any desired number ot ba'cking plates be united endto end in this-inanner 'to fOl'll'l belt sections of any desired :lei'i'g'th for belt of corresponding: width. 7

members 25 and 26 may betilllitifit'l'i tangentially' from the surface" portion 20 of ther backing plates, as s"ho wn*'at 149K111" Fig. 15," or 'said' loop-membersfma'yb'e slightly raised above the-iplane ,of-the surfaceportions-Q0, as nd cated at 41 in Figs} and 10. p

Because I of the comparative narrow width" of the friction facing strips, the belt will workf very well where said 's'trips' -are" A and; in use-such faces' will-become slightly concave" provided Y with inerely plane faces.

where theyrun overthe pull ys;forming good "gripping surfaces.'f ltiis," "howe 'er' pract cable, and is-contei'nplated i'as a"'- of- 'my invention, to engage the friction surfaces ofthe-facing strips so =-tha t said 'surfaces are concave across'the sarne or in the longiti'idinal'li'ne of thebeltin substantially the arc ot' a circle struck on the diaineter -of the smallestsized pulley-upon"which the belt 18 designed to run. his concaving may be eflected, as in Fig. 10, by pressing one of the sections with the lacing strip thereto, as shown in Figs. 4- or 9, into the form shown in Fig. 10. In this case both the backing plate and the friction facing strip are bent, the relatively stiff metal backing plate serving to hold the section in.-

the position into which it has been shaped.

This is a very efficient arrangement 'asfit does not reduce the thickness of the friction facing strip at any point and allows the full weight of material to be employed.v

Another method which also is very efficient is shown in Figs. 11,12 and 13. In

this case the block, as shown in Fig. 11; is

first cut away or concaved as indicated at 46. y This concaving is done on the flesh sideof the block to permit the good friction surface of the hair side to be-eniployed' next The concaying" ot the block to the pulley. Y is reversed by suitable pressureand then the block is applied to the fabricatedplateapplied without change to a plate such-as;

shown in Fig. 12 so to leave space at? between the back surface ot the facing block and the inside of plate 15 as shov. n Fig.

14. In this case, as the belt is runover the pulley the facing strip-111a yield iiiwardlr v to bringthe engaging surface thereof into a shape to match. the arc of the pulley over particularly" cylindrical?rawhidepintles as- The tongues- 21 and 22 iorniing the loop verse flexibility, 'permittin usedon cro'wnecl pulley pra' c'tice d in jnio'dified and eaaivaiemten "differing insomedegreefro and described herein, and limited to theexact forin accordance with-the particular size o-ffpuh I "leyfwith"which-it is used: strips item} 44 completingthe'?ei tire fries The advantagesof i'ny belt are, obvious 4 7 0 "and havebeen fully pointe'd oiit'iiii theqde scriptio'n her'etoiforegivenz a The sheet metal backing "plates are chea ly: -manufactured i and 1n 3 combination Witl1JSH1t'itlOlG pmtles, T

above referred to,- provide at a moderate cost I? the parti'o ular P J thewider 'belts ythe'useiof aplu'ra'l ity'of backing plates 'tied" togethery.transversely byfacing strips rs: a ream-e at inerte112;'i' hiclu. a

highly} advantageous since it gives trains l vide 'be'lt's{to -be} I: am aw'are'fthatf Ill-y" invention may bej';

h sesho w-n f" onotfwish to' 'be" H and haraotr'oii' belt herein "d'escribed 1 I? Aflatbeltiiitiflifiiisiiisf 'nitipii-cit-iv'be metal-backed sectionshingedly connectedtb gether throughout the length-ofthe belt,

said sections comprising a plurality of .me-

tallic platesconnected transversely forfiex- 106 i ible movement across linestransverse tothe longitudinal extent of the belt; 7 2. A flatbelt consisting'of a multiplicity of sections flexibly connected together throughoutthe length. of thelbelt, .each of said sections comprising a'plurality of metallic plates connected transversely for flex- I .ible movement across lines transverse to. the

longitudinal extent of the belt,. and' friction] strips secured to said. metallic plates. v 3. A fiat belt consisting ofa multiplicity of sections throughout the length of the belt, .each of said sections comprising a plurality of inetallic plates connected transversely for flexi ble movement across line transverse to the longitudinal extent of the belt, and friction stripsconcaved transversely. of the belt and securedto said metallicplatesk;

4;. A flat belt consisting b t a. multiplicity sectionsgfiexibly connectedv togther v throughoutthe length" I of; thebe'lt, -each of v said sections comprising a plurality-of 1118- tallic plates connected transversely for flexi ble movement across lines transverse to the longitudinal GXtQDtOf thelbelt, and flexible I friction 'strips extending across the longitudinal space between said *metallicplates and secured thereto.

5.: A fiat belt comprising multi licity of f flexibly "connected together I sheet metal backing plates hingedly connected together to form the tension element of the belt, and a corresponding number of friction elements each independently secured .to the respective backing plates to form the pulley-engaging surface of the belt, said sheet metal plates comprisingfastener elements stamped from the body of sheet metal, said fastener elements having pointed ends and projecting portions near said ends for entering the friction elements to hold the same positioned upon the plates. t v

6. A flat belt comprising a multiplicity of sections, each section having a plurality of. sheet metal backing plates and a friction face ing strip holding said backing plates in transverse alinement, and "means flexibly connecting the back plates of the sections to form the tension element of the belt;

7. A flat'belt comprising a multiplicity; of metal backing plates each formed with a pluralityof 'spaced and closed loops, the loops of each plate interlocking withthe complemental loops on the adjacent plates, a flexible pintle extending through all of the loops of each adj acent interlocking pair of plates to form the. joints, and friction strips secured to each of said plates.

8. A flat belt comprising a multiplicity of metal backing plates each formed with a plurality of spaced I and closed loops, the

' all of the loops ofthe joints.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

loops of each plate interlocking with the! pintle formed of rawhide extending through friction strips secured to each of said plates.

,complemental loops on the adjacent plates, a

a 9. A flat belt comprising a multiplicity of sections,each section having a pluralityof sheet metal backing plates placed end to end and a friction facing strip holding ,said

backing plates in transverse alinement, each loops vof eachv plate interlocking. with the complemental loops of each adjacent plate,; andflexible pintle's extending through all of V the loopsof the joints.

10; A fiat belt comprising of sections, each section having aplurality of said backing plates being provided with a V plurality of loops on each of its ends, the v a multiplicity I i of sheet metal ,backingplates placed end to end and-a frictionfacing strip holding'said backing plates in transverse alinement,:each

of said backing plates being provided with a plurality of loops on each of its ends, the

and pintles of rawhide extending through FREDERICK HeEoReE. L 

